Lotus Lmp2 Second Day At The 6 Hours Of Spa

[Mark H]

#31 Thomas Holzer (GER) – Mirco Schultis (GER) – Renger van der Zande (NED)

#32 Luca Moro (ITA) – Kevin Weeda (USA) – James Rossiter (GBR)

 

Practice 3

#32 Position 3 (LMP2) Position 12 (Overall) Lap time 2:10.168 (Rossiter)

#31 Position 15 (LMP2) Position 25 (Overall) Lap time 2:16.574 (Schultis)

 

Qualifying

#32 Position 2 (LMP2) Position 12 (Overall) Lap time 2:09.34 (Rossiter)

#31 Position 5 (LMP2) Position 15 (Overall) Lap time 2:10.120 (v. d. Zande)

 

Lotus kept on improving at today’s third practice session and qualifying at the 6 hours of Spa.

 

James Rossiter qualified the Lotus LMP2 car #32 in the front row of the LMP2 class, just four hundredths behind pole position. Renger van der Zande in car #31 will start from position five.

 

This is a phantastic result for Lotus at its only second race in sports car racing.

 

The 6 hours of Spa will start tomorrow at 2:30 pm.

 

Renger van der Zande, Race Driver #31:

“We can be happy with P5 in qualifying. With a bit more track time this morning we could have improved, there is room for more progression of the car and driving. I am happy now and let’s see what we can do tomorrow. I will be starting the race for Lotus and with 42 cars it will be interesting to see what happens at the first hairpin. I will try to stay out of trouble and do a good race.”

 

James Rossiter, Race Driver #32:

“We had a great qualifying session and the car was set up perfectly. It is great to be on the front row with Lotus. We did a lot of hard work and it was worth it. I hope that we will have a great race tomorrow and I can’t wait for the start. Being in the front row is a real bonus for us especially at the start of the race. Six hours can be long so we will see what happens.”

 

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